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Queen Of Time, the latest offering of melancholic progressive metallers AMORPHIS, is out via Nuclear Blast! In addition, the band has unveiled the music video of the third single 'Amongst Stars' featuring Anneke van Giersbergen.

Queen Of Time - track listing:01. The Bee02. Message In The Amber03. Daughter Of Hate04. The Golden Elk05. Wrong Direction06. Heart Of The Giant07. We Accursed08. Grain Of Sand09. Amongst Stars10. Pyres On The CoastBonus Tracks (DIGI, 2LP and MAILORDER EDITION only)11. As Mountains Crumble12. Brother And Sister

The cover artwork, which was created by French artist Jean "Valnoir" Simoulin from Metastazis, captures the feeling of the lyrics and the music. With Pekka Kainulainen's (lyricist) words, the lyrical theme is universal: "Cultures rise, flourish, and are destroyed. The story of man is the story of searching, finding, and forgetting. A single spark can set the world afire, a single idea can give birth to a new culture. The greatest can stagnate into insignificance, the smallest can hold the power for change. The lyrics on this album are distant echoes of ancient forest peoples, from a time when meaning was proportioned by the cosmic forces that govern birth and death. If the connection was lost, they sought for a strand of knowledge, found a new direction, and a new age began."